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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-27
usEFuL SOCIETIES


rhe Origin and Progress az Americas
Agricultural Associations.
The nun Der of societies in England
. holding fair relating to agriculture
and live stock, ETC.. is officially stated
at one hundred All d ten. The dates of
the fairs range from May &c to Decem-
Der Is. Among those are the Bath
and West of England Socie.y, organ
lied in 1777. the first farmers club in
England. The Royal Agricultural
Society, which has exerted so wide IN
influence upon improved processes and
cultivation in soil and animal farming
Of the world. was founded in 1888.
Its motto was practice with Science"
In 1910 England had organized =
Board of Agriculture. Of which SIR
John Sinclair was president. and
Arthur Young secretary. There were
in this year eighty-one agricultural so-
cieties in regular working order, and
of one of these the Badenach and
Strathspey Society. the celebrated
Duchess of Gordon was president.
The first agricultural society formed
in America was 1.-The Philadelphia
(Pa.) Society for Promoting Agricult-
ure." Among the awards of this So
ciety in 1870 was gold medal to Mr..
Matheson for the best sample and
greatest quantity of cheese.
The first agricultural society ever
incorporated in America was the $50
ciety for the Promotion of Agriculture.
of South Carolina, established in 1885.
Its objects included, among others. the
institution of farm for experiments,
and the importation and distribution Of
products suited to the climate of that
State.
In New York "Society for the ADJ
vancemcnt of Agriculture was incor-
porated in 1871, but it died at the age
of ten years.
The Society for the Promotion Of
+, Useful Arts, in which agriculture was
first named, established in 1904, pub
lished seven volumes of Transactions
previous to 1915. The New York State
Agricultural Society held its first regu-
lar fair in 1910, the admission being
twelve and one-half cents.
In Massachusetts, in 1903, the trus-
tees of the Massachusetts, Society for
Promoting Agriculture. offered among
others. premium of one hundred dol
lars, or the socicty's gold medal for
cheap and cffectnal method of destroy
ing the cankcr worm. From the be-
gipnings thus noted agriculture, horti-
culture. pomology, forestry and Aori-
culture have gradually increased. Ag-
ricultural societies offering premiums
are found in every State. and most of
the Territories. Popular interest is
especially active in agricultural socie-
ties in the West. and is constantly in
creasing in the South. The official list
of State. district and county agricul-
tural fairs, held this year, not includ.
ing supplementary lists, shows list
of 837 fairs held this year. the dates oc-
curing principally in September and
October. The four States holding the
largest number of fairs in 1887 are.
Illinois. 80; Iowa and Ohio, 50 each.
and Indiana, 81. The premiums at the
State fairs of these States aggregate
an immense sum yearly. 1t is safe to
say the agricultural societies of the
United States have exercised a greater
influence for the advancement Of agri-
culture than any other means-Fdrns
Field and S,ockmd,9.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-10-27

-"Do you keep bees1" asked The
summer boarder Of the housekeeper.
81 do 20 love the little things" mo
We don't keep bees. Guess you MUS
have heard pa gargling his throat =
she vood-shed."-1Sd Bita
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24
City Council.
HAzLEuuRsT, Nov. 81, /

HAzLEmuRsr, Nov. 81, 1887.
At q regular meeting Of the hon.
orablc board of mayor and aldermen,
held this day there were present may.
or Ramsey, Smith, Ragsdale and
Purncll-board then came to order
and transacted the following business;
Resignation of city marshal Butler
was read and rejected, and by request
of the members present, the marshal
withdrew his designations; by Il unan-
imous vote it was ordered that j. *.
Butler continue in office:
On motion it was ordered that I.
NJ. Warrcll's name be stricken from
the street roll.
The following accounts were allow
cd: C.. ID. Gibbs, hauling lumber,
so; Will Wells work OH streets,
$500; G. Rcdus, lumber, S40.2o.
Board then adjournd.
Ii. LOEB, Clerk.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24
The Poor House.

Tho attention of our people ard
especially of the board Of supervisors,
should bc called to the condition of
our unfortunate poor, now being care,l
for Ivy our county, in the poor house.
That institution, rs it now is, ia -
shame and reprOach to our people
and our county. Our State has pride
about her institutions and why should
/ o, the counties' The poor house was
never designed 10 punish people. To
those whom are sick, homeless and
fricndlcss, unable to support them
selves, we offer i home, and it be-
hUOves us to have some of the rcQui-
sites and comforts of home. II We
arc going to kcepit up, let's do it, and
do it well.
There are now thirteen paupcrs Mt
the poor house. Each is only allowed
$3.50 per month by the board, and
this in to cover all expense of food,
clothing. washing, &c. No provision
is made for one to stay there and sco
that the sick are waited on, order is
kept, things kept tidy rrd clean and
many things necessary to the comfort
and happiness of the inmates looked
after.
Let it bc understood that no rcficc-
ton is meant to he cast OIL Mr.. Penn,
who now has charge oftLe poor house.
He has lived here too long and il too
we'll known. believe lic has dis
charged his duty fully, and, doubtless.
has dono better than any Of us could
do, with the small amount allowed
him by the board. The wonder WAS
to me, in visiting the place, that hc
could do so well as hc has with 50
little.
Now, surely, some way can hc de-
viscd that Will reflect more credit on
our county than the present method oi
conducting the poor house. would
suggest in the first place that every
pauper should be allowed not less than
50 or $40 per month. Some person
should he paid q regular salary to re-
main there and personally supervise
the house and the inmates. The fences
and the chimncys should be repaired
and the rooms white washed. \ gar
den and poultry yard could bo
added, that would lessen the expense
of living and afford luxnries in the
way of clibles to which, now, they are
total strangers. A plentiful supply OF
water and COOL pastumge is there, ,a;id
WHY not let them have ono ortwo
good cowsi A person living there and
having. these things at tho poor house
could soon lessen the expense of tho
panpcrs to the county very materially,
hut mt present it is utterly impossible
to think of them being cared for a.
they should be cared for at only sl.5O
per head per month. What say tho
board' What say the people? In tho
name of right and the name of human
ity let us see that our poor are prop
erly provided for. JUSTICE.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24
Over Croppin 6.

The Southern Farmer says no
man can farm satisfactorily or pro-
titably who plants more than he
can plant we'll and cultivate we'll.
This has been one of the curses OF
the South, and strange to say, the
fascination of planting Il large acre.
age seems to he al irresistible temp.
tation in the face of repeated fail.
uyes. All know who have tried
both ways that one acre well plant
ed and cultivated is not only cult.
waited with far less labor and wear
aud tear of horse flesh, but makes Il
larger crop and it is saved with
less labor. Yet there are hundreds
of farmers who, after half prepar-
ing their land, plant twice as much
as they ought, get hopelessly in the
grass and weeds, are always in a
hurry, yet never catch up with
their work, and after all make a
poor crop. This is not sensible and
does not pay. Good cultivation is
absolutely essential to successful
farming, hence every farmer ought
to get the very best tools. They
may cost a little more, but pay iii
the end. Crops should be planted
in ground vel, prepared aud so
early that the farmer is ready for
the grass before it is ready tor him,
then there will be some chance of
keeping ahead Oft A crop once
badly in the grass never fully re.
covers from it. Therefore all time
and labor. saving machines, if gooi,
are paying investments. If the
planter does the work of two men
and horses and enables a farmer to
get through planting early and
really to cultivate, it is q good in.
vestment. Southern farmers can
not afford TO plod along with Old
fashioned tools, when others are
ahead, doing twice the work with
hal. the labor.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24

The question is frequently asked
by teachers and others, "what text
books shall we use in the public
schools7" The law, as found in the
code of 1880, specified how text
books should be adopted, and for
what time the atloptioa slioniet De,
made. Under that law books were
adopted for this county in 1881 or
1882, Tor five yearS,so that the time
expired 1886 or 'S7.
The legislature of 1886, repealed
almost the entire school law of 1880
and passed a new school law, and
in passing the new law, the Text
Book Clause, was, by accident or
otherwise, omitted; so that there is
no law in this State, on the subject
of text books. The teachers of the
county in convention, in April last,
have expression TO their preference
of text books, and recommended
the adoption and use of certain Ne.
ries different from those that had
been used. No change could legal
ly he made, rs there was no au.
thority of law for adoption. / rec.
Ommend to teachers, to make as
few changes as possible, at this
time. Use that series most IN pos
session of pupils. There ought to
be u law compelling the use of a
uniform series of text books in the
county schools, aud while this
would bring an additional expense
upon the people, to provide the
books adopted, the question would
be finally settled, and the subse-
quent tax greatly diminished. The
books in general use in the county
are: McGufley's readers, McGuf-
fey's and Websters spoilers, Mon.
tleth's Biographies, Davies Alith.
metics, Pinnco's Grammars, Swim.
toms and Venable's Histories,
Steele's and Smiths Physiology,
QuackenboS Philosophy.
Some schools have changed to
the new series endorsed by the
teachers, and when that has been
done, / think a decided improve.
ment has been made, still do not
recommend q change until u legal
adoption has been made.
Respectfully,
ID. S. BUECH.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24
Farmers as Workers.

Is there any such thing ~ farm.
ers being too closely confined for
their own good as a class! Farm.
ers must be economical. A little
waste makes all the difference be.
tween q successful and an unsuc.
cessful farmer, but -;is it really any
gain when workmenarc plenty and
cheap, for the owncrOf u farm to be
all the time hoeing, tlitching and
blowing. Would it not be better
to have u general supervision, with
n clear head to guide the workmen!
People of other occupations. sharp.
eH, will not hinder us; if we are
satisfied to keep oar hands aud
minds covered with tlust, they can
buy our produce attheir own p:i.
ceS. 1T is not the dutty minds that
get up the "corner,9 or get up IL
money crash just al the farmers
produce is ready for the market;
hut it is the dusty mipdS that suffer
when an agent, OH tie eve of II rise
on wool or barley, Comes around
with q speech already prepared to
make you believe "now is your time
to sell" 1t is clear minds that pre-.
vent heavy damage claims for in.
Judgements on paten:apple bleach.
ers and dryers. a lawyer with his
gift of gab will make II farmer feel
like IL sensitive boy with Il patch on
his elbow at u dress party; IL little
awkward. He will make you be-
lieve with his long political speech,
that he is uSt the one to frame or
laws, but how soon does he forget
you, when once within the walls of
the capitol, should he be so fortu-
nate as to have Il five hundred dol
lar grecnback dropped into his
hand by n railroad company to re.
member them when freight tariffs
are discussed. Farmers are spoken
of rs uncougenial, far apart, with
ont power to combine, like mer.
chants and produce buyers. for
their own interests; aud should We
feel little reStivo uuder the re-
straint heaped upon us, then, tt
keep us quiet, they w.pk 70 the ed
! tor Ind out comus a|hTe Ike tliiA
Farming is the most Independent,
of all the occupations to which maj
is heir TO. They, the farmers, eat
sweet cream and butter from their
own dairies, living on the best tha
grows" Not SO, they are obi GET
to sell the best that grows to buy
groceries with. | think the farm
ers should not be SO welded to thei
farms that they cannot keep thei
thinking powers clear, letting theiI
ideas widen ont for tho good of far
mers in general. Qualify your
selves by aSsociation.-ESchange
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Conducted by ID. n. Bsreh.
The Good Teachers so!iloquy.
BY G.. II. Johnson.

sit and look at the children,
Before me seated in rows,
And sigh. "Am doing my duty,
The best for their wclfareI Who knows!
"Do check them a lite too often,
And keep them little too straight?
DO watch them with too much suspicion
And keep after hours too late!
"Do make them machines with my
methods!
Suspend for offences too slight?
Do mar Gods plan for their future,
In trying To guide them Alright?
"Do I take the hcaven-born poet
And mould him into Il clown!
Do clip the orators pinsions,
Aud make him Il cricr of the town!
.'Do take the embryo artist
And make II moulder of bricks.
Hands destined to wake sweetest music
DO lit for the shears and the sticks!
lis the baby philanthrcpist u'ished
TO broaden his love of mankind,
Or. when have finished my feeding.
a nisanthrOpc, instead, shall find!
"Am fitting the lOyer of Nature
70 master her secrets with ease,
Or teaching him only the science
OfweighinS ont sugars and teas!
IAN holding back swift-wingcd genius
70 slow mediocrity's pace,
While urging To undue eXcrtiOn
The slow ones who gan the race!
".Am 10 winged winds Of heaven.
Come ont of your caves dark and cool !;
And answer my query. oft given,
WHO Is THERE FIT TO TEACH SCHOOL.
N. y. Educational Journal.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24

Agriculture is called both a
science and an art. The Cor
mcr teaches why it Is necessary to
pl0w, aud the latter teaches the
process of plowlng. The art OF aS
riculture has ret; renee to the plant
ing, cultivating and taking care OF
crops; the science OF agriculture
teaches us Of what they are com
posed and how crops and plants are
built up from the forces OF the soil
and atmosphere. The effect OF the
art is to wear out the soil by con
slant cropping. The aid of science
is employed to restore exhausted
fields and to give Il knowledge OF
the means to use to accomplish it.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24

remarked to an old farmer back
in tho country whom L had not
seen for several years, and whose
farm, in the meantime, had i'm
proved wonderfully, that his place
was so changed l hardly knew it.
"Yes," said he, "Ive been iixin' mp
q little. The old woman pestered
me to death about the garden and
so slicked it up Il little and fixed
about the house, and it looked so
nice | went at the farm fences and
the brush and saved more manure
and kept killing the weeds, ana
the crops cot better and so kept
going on, and things do look pret'
ty good now. My wife takes n pa
per, and | take one, and | get time
20 read it too, and i used to think
| hadn't time for anything" And
SO he ran OH, seemingly much pleas.
ed with what he had done, and his
lite and his home made happier for
it. Examples Ola like kind may
he found all over the country.-Ex. &.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24
FARMERS DEPARTMENT
n. the Ymicre,, OF sae .r'iiG"re.
The Fallacy OF Large Farms.

And still the cry is for more land.
Why don't they cry for more
brains, or moro fool for the brains
they have, and let the coveted
acres 60 until they know what to
do with them! Many say that they
had rather let theis land lie still
than to hire help an,l so it lies as
still as they can make it. Howev-
or it does not lie quite still. Ii is
I'm elephant OH their hands, eating
with it's huge teeth OF interest
and taxes q big bole in the titled
acres for it's unworthy support. This
is the cause of it. 1t is not Il Gov
ernment bond that can be Ind away
and is the better for keeping quiet,
but there it is, exposed to the AS
SCISSORS eye, ,exhausting the strength
OF the owner AMI the profit OF the
farm for it's Improbable existence.
This land possessing mania has
worked more mischief with pro-
gressive farming than any other
one obstacle ever found in It's path.
,, That it springs from worthy mo-
tiveS it is impossible to deny, since
the holders of much of this land
have inherited it from a long line
of ancestry who would consider the
sundering of 4 part II sacrilege.
The ancestral yoke has proved Il
bond of strength in keeping certain
families true to the love of soil, ,
though it may be questioned whcth'
er it has not always been the meanS
of extlrpating many II family, roo,
and branch, who would otherwise
to day be in possession OF II home,
had the call of duty not yielded IL
the call of pride.
Could q computation of wasted
energies, time and means, ever oc
made in our methods of farming 1t
would he enough to set every farm
er to-day in IN independent posi-
ton on his estate. Thinii of the
avalage returns of the farmers
through the country! 1t is enough
10 make d m..i bius.I With stiam,
tor the honor of his profession. Al
because he Will not concentrate lli'
nervous and muscular energies, hi
interest account, taxes and labor
| hire upon Il less number OF acres.
Concentration means power dlf
fusion, weakness. When that poln
| is reached that the land fails to pay
interest on its valuation, taxes ano
market rates of wages for the time
bestowed in cultivation, it had bet
ter 90 in the hands of the next mar
who stands ready TO try his han'
upon it. We will hazard the As
sertiOn that enough is lost to tn
farmers every year, through TIM
! holding of more land than they cal
swing, to pay for what extra hell
they really need to make the res
of their land return what it should
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24

4 fun stock of Stationery. Tobacco,
Cigars, Drugs, Medicines, Sundvics &C.
p5,~Ordcrs from the country promptly
filed and respectfully solicited.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24
Rueklcn,s Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcers. salt rhcnm. fever
sores. letter, chappcd hands, chilblnin-.
corns and skin cruptions. and positively
cures piles. or no pay required. IL Is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction.
or money refunded. Price % cents per
box. FoI salc by all druggists,
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24

II. II. Hogg will run an excursion
to New Orleans on Dec. 9th, tho train
passing here Mt l0:45. Tickets for
the round trip from this place, 50. 60,
good for ten days to return on any
regular train. Drunkenness viii not
be allowed. Special coach for the Ia
dies and their escorts. There VIII be
coaches sufficient to seat everybody,
and the best order will be preserved.
For particulars, address the manager.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24

The every day cares and duties
which men call drudgery, are the
weights aud counterpei&es of the
clock of time giving its pendulum
a truo vibration, and its hands q
regular motion.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24

Fathers who study economy rs well
as the health of the family, will a! =
ways keep box OF DR.. Chapman )
Pills in the house. In cases of dys..
cntery, diarrhoca, foul stomach ana
bad breath they invariably give relict
il taken in time. Sold by i. Ii. hing.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24

In object teaching the children
are taught early to keep the minds
eye open. They not only learn what
the objects presented to them rep.
resent, but all the possibilities OF
the object.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-24

Now crop of rice and meal by + +.
Heiway, also good home made wagons
us cheap as they eau be bought else
where, 2U-U.
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hnsii'h Language
The follow ing letter, written b.
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NEW ! loKK. o., li.-Judge Thom
s, c. Manning, | nited states minis
ter . Mexico, died at 9 o'clock this
morning st the Fifth Avenue hotel
He had aeen i'll for sbou week, and
took LEX shortly after his arrival in
this city to attend meeting of the
Peabody Educational FunG, OF which
be wa, one of the trustees. Tne cause
Of his death was GIL obstruction OF the
lOWpl-
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Atcntion is called TO display card
OF the above sterling house found in
smother column. Mr., Weslov Is sn act
i,e. intelligent and broadview q bus
lness mau and in The o.d firm of v es
low X McClclaud was the active
working spirit which bull; up the
important and profitable business
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aud has had his thorough training in
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Military Drills. Frying Irapezc.
Arcna-EXhibition Of Live stock.
Races on track.
Eight p, m.-Grand display OF fire
works, i'll which will be given an eX-
act representation OF the Falls of Nj
sgara, with all of its grandeur Of roll
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marKaoie arneuc games ana uroau
word combats on horseback. Other
features OF the "circus proper are the
marvellous performances of the gigan
tic herd OF elephants, including the
laughable act of sid" the almost hu
man elephan,iue clown; and the exhi
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During tle millinery, cloak and cos
tune exhibition at Sanger Bros.
their store will remain open until $50
p. M, 50 a to enable those who can
not visit the store during the day to
0a!l al night
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Lovers of old rare laces have a
treat in store for them at our grand
opening, Oetober 18th instant
Levine Bros.
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We vii. show some extreme novel
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